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The Anxiety First Aid Kit: Quick Tools for Extreme, Uncertain Times by Elizabeth M Karle, Sally M. Winston, Martin N. Seif, Matthew McKay, Martha Davis, Catherine M. Pittman, Rick Hanson, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, David A. Carbonell
3.0
"As you move through the book, try to bring whatever amount of playfulness you can to these exercises and techniques. It is important to keep an open mind. That said, if something doesn't feel like it is working for you drop it and move on to something else. In this book, you are the priority." - The Anxiety First Aid Kit by Hanson et al.
If you're someone who values self-care, this is a perfect book for you!
Divided into four (4) parts, the authors provide us with various ways on how to help manage our stress and anxiety. It's easy to read and understand. I love how they were able to provide practical tips on what to do should you experience stress or anxiety. Most of the tips that they provided can be done anywhere and by anyone. You don't necessarily need any additional materials to help you out. In other words, it's not only for the privileged, which is something I've learned to look for whenever I'm introduced to new mental health techniques or activities.
Knowing how much hypnosis and hypnotherapy is still stigmatized in the mental health profession, I love how the authors included hypnotherapy techniques in this book; they showed that it's not harmful like most people think. Other techniques they included are forms of mindfulness, meditation, exercises, active imagination, and so forth. With a glimpse of the practices included here, you might say that the only thing stopping you from actually doing the techniques that they provided is yourself and the limitations of your imagination.
However, one thing that I didn't like about this book is that I found myself reading the same things over and over and over and over again, only this time, it's called something different. Or, it's a seemingly deeper way of practice. I would've appreciated this more if they proofread it so that it won't be too repetitive. Nonetheless, it's still a useful first aid kit for anxiety.
Thanks to Rick Hanson, Matthew McKay, Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, Martin N. Seif, Sally M. Winston, David A. Carbonell, Catherine M. Pittman, Elizabeth M. Karle, and New Harbinger Publications for providing me an e-ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
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If you're someone who values self-care, this is a perfect book for you!
Divided into four (4) parts, the authors provide us with various ways on how to help manage our stress and anxiety. It's easy to read and understand. I love how they were able to provide practical tips on what to do should you experience stress or anxiety. Most of the tips that they provided can be done anywhere and by anyone. You don't necessarily need any additional materials to help you out. In other words, it's not only for the privileged, which is something I've learned to look for whenever I'm introduced to new mental health techniques or activities.
Knowing how much hypnosis and hypnotherapy is still stigmatized in the mental health profession, I love how the authors included hypnotherapy techniques in this book; they showed that it's not harmful like most people think. Other techniques they included are forms of mindfulness, meditation, exercises, active imagination, and so forth. With a glimpse of the practices included here, you might say that the only thing stopping you from actually doing the techniques that they provided is yourself and the limitations of your imagination.
However, one thing that I didn't like about this book is that I found myself reading the same things over and over and over and over again, only this time, it's called something different. Or, it's a seemingly deeper way of practice. I would've appreciated this more if they proofread it so that it won't be too repetitive. Nonetheless, it's still a useful first aid kit for anxiety.
Thanks to Rick Hanson, Matthew McKay, Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, Martin N. Seif, Sally M. Winston, David A. Carbonell, Catherine M. Pittman, Elizabeth M. Karle, and New Harbinger Publications for providing me an e-ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
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